NII Visionaries

ONE OF THE BEST ways to get a better understanding of the development of differing NII visions is to access the companies, foundations, and policymakers who are drafting these potential networing architectures. (If you prefer, you can also look at a list of telecommunications companies.). Here is a collection of some of the more interesting sites:

CCN is one of the leaders in the fight for civic networking. They are strong advocates for community networking in poor and rural locales. They have recently released the National Strategy for Civic Networking: A Vision of Change, a powerful white paper which documents their vision of a civic NII.

CNRI is the home of the Cross-Industry Working Team (XIWT), a multifaceted working group dedicated to exploring the problems of developing a plausible NII architecture. They have produced an excellent white paper which considers how NII visions should be constructed and examined.

The University of Michigan's IPPS offers one of the most comprehensive on-line telecommunication information servers available. Everything you can imagine concerning telecommunications and the NII can be found here.